When you look at the law called the Local Government Act 1974, you will see a part called section 725. This section is about changes that happen because of other changes to the law. You can find out more about these changes by looking at the law that was used to make them, which is the Local Government Act 2002. This change happened on 1 July 2003, and it was made by section 266 of the Local Government Act 2002, which you can read about on the legislation website.